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culture and politics in massachusetts. i grew up in the state that massachusetts, you don't have to go back that far to talk about the bussing riots and refusing to integrate. bill russell, his life was hell because of the race in and around boston. i can remember as a kid, the celtics were the best team in basketball in the late 1980s. in roxbury, they were wearing lakers jersey. things have changed. when i was a kid, it was a few irish names. now you have got in 2006 duvall patrick from the southside of chicago who came to massachusetts and broke into this system and became the governor anywhere. it wouldn't have happened in massachusetts. this appointment today it's not because of his race, that was something part of the massachusetts political establishment and because somebody like that was able to climb up and become part of it. the culture is changing a bit. >> finally earning the reputation. >> i would be more excited about the two black senators, in the senate for the first time ever since reconstruction. >> i fin
culture and politics in massachusetts. i grew up in the state that massachusetts, you don't have to go back that far to talk about the bussing riots and refusing to integrate. bill russell, his life was hell because of the race in and around boston. i can remember as a kid, the celtics were the best team in basketball in the late 1980s. in roxbury, they were wearing lakers jersey. things have changed. when i was a kid, it was a few irish names. now you have got in 2006 duvall patrick from the...
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massachusetts voters do not like the national republican party. they have not elected a republican to the house since 1994 making massachusetts the biggest state in the country with an all democratic delegation. and they've only elected one republican to the senate in 40 years. brown back in that 2010 special election to fill ted kennedy's seat. or, you know, the people's seat. brown was able to win in '10 in part because turnout was really low and popular frustration with obama and the ruling democrats was really, really high. so republicans, the few there are in massachusetts, flocked to the polls and so did independents angry at obama. they weren't as excited at the self-destructive candidate. and there's your five point scott brown win. then look what happened this fall. brown was still popular, but turnout was much higher. in a normal or high turnout massachusetts, republicans just don't win. at least when it comes to federal office. if you're scott brown, here's what you're looking at now. you can run in the 2013 special election and maybe w
massachusetts voters do not like the national republican party. they have not elected a republican to the house since 1994 making massachusetts the biggest state in the country with an all democratic delegation. and they've only elected one republican to the senate in 40 years. brown back in that 2010 special election to fill ted kennedy's seat. or, you know, the people's seat. brown was able to win in '10 in part because turnout was really low and popular frustration with obama and the ruling...
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we talked a little bit about massachusetts yesterday. maybe scott brown wins and the republicans gate seat. the situation in new jersey, who knows what's going on there? maybe christie makes an appointment. maybe democrats win it back. but i think the real question to me and an unknown and sort of a great drama to watch over a few months and years is take a look at the races republicans need to win in 2014 to get the chamber back. here's a great example, alaska. mark begich, barely won against ted stevens in 2008 because of circumstances, namely the federal investigation of stevens, begich should be a vulnerable candidate. lieutenant governor up there, establishment republican if he went against begich could probably win but blast from the past. joe miller. remember this guy? >> yes. >> beat lisa murkowski in a senate primary in alaska in 2010. he had the palin stamp. murkowski around him and win as a write-in candidate in november. joe miller almost blew it for them. he is back and wants to run again. if you nominate him in alaska proba
we talked a little bit about massachusetts yesterday. maybe scott brown wins and the republicans gate seat. the situation in new jersey, who knows what's going on there? maybe christie makes an appointment. maybe democrats win it back. but i think the real question to me and an unknown and sort of a great drama to watch over a few months and years is take a look at the races republicans need to win in 2014 to get the chamber back. here's a great example, alaska. mark begich, barely won against...
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he's campaigning to be the appointed senator of massachusetts and duval patrick as governor of the massachusetts will not send someone to washington to vote against the white house in the major vote. i also -- i wouldn't, s.e. your comment there struck me as if the left is decided to roll over for chuck hagel specifically on the gay rights issue. tammy baldwin said she'll ask tough questions and assurances from him that his attitudes really changed and in a way to reflect -- >> it's an outlier and good to see. >> you're saying some special break is made here. this is the nominee of the administration that ended don't ask don't tell. >> yeah. >> there's built-in trust there on the left and among gay and lesbian supporters because there's an assumption -- >> no doubt. >> there's an assumption to put somebody in place to end that. if mitt romney was elected, did we ever accomplish what he wanted to do as a candidate? reimplement don't ask don't tell? he never really addressed that. >> right. >> if a republican president were nominating somebody with a history of chuck hagel, there's more cause for
he's campaigning to be the appointed senator of massachusetts and duval patrick as governor of the massachusetts will not send someone to washington to vote against the white house in the major vote. i also -- i wouldn't, s.e. your comment there struck me as if the left is decided to roll over for chuck hagel specifically on the gay rights issue. tammy baldwin said she'll ask tough questions and assurances from him that his attitudes really changed and in a way to reflect -- >> it's an...
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glen do hurty in massachusetts and i'm paraphrasing, but they told people they shouldn't lose sight over who was responsible for these deaths. amazing statement putting things into perspective. the other thing was do not lose sight of the causes these men gave their lives for. as a person who was advanced to n those causes, i want to thank you for incredible service. one of the parts of the arb report is great concern to me. it dealt with what they described as a culture of austerity in the state department. madam secretary, can you expand on the arb's finding on that subject and how it affects the state department's ability to carry out crucial tasks, not just security, but all crucial stasks. >> that is what they found. there was a culture of husbanding resources of being quite concerned about responding even on security. with the security because one never knows what the budget is going to be going forward. we had up asks downs and as i said in prior administrations, it is fair to say that many of the professionals in the state department have really gotten used to worrying greatly th
glen do hurty in massachusetts and i'm paraphrasing, but they told people they shouldn't lose sight over who was responsible for these deaths. amazing statement putting things into perspective. the other thing was do not lose sight of the causes these men gave their lives for. as a person who was advanced to n those causes, i want to thank you for incredible service. one of the parts of the arb report is great concern to me. it dealt with what they described as a culture of austerity in the...
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competition of the senate in the 1970s, i think you worked for jacob javits of new york and ed brook of massachusetts. what i'm talking about is liberal republicans who would work across the line with liberal democrats, conservative southern democrats working with conservative republicans from up north. all this sort of funky cross-party alliances that form and while you were there, what started happening is happened to javits and lost to a conservative and case and lost to a conservative. and now here we are all these years later and even conservatives are losing republican primaries to even more primary candidates. so i just look at sort of an evolution of the senate and the incentive system right now especially on the republican side is just never, ever, ever to cross the aisle and i don't know how that can be fixed. >> there's no question that the senate has changed dramatically over the years and that the movement of the republican party to the right, the constant movement, one surge after another to the right is the most important fact firefighter we use e. we used to have two parties that were
competition of the senate in the 1970s, i think you worked for jacob javits of new york and ed brook of massachusetts. what i'm talking about is liberal republicans who would work across the line with liberal democrats, conservative southern democrats working with conservative republicans from up north. all this sort of funky cross-party alliances that form and while you were there, what started happening is happened to javits and lost to a conservative and case and lost to a conservative. and...